e-Bay Scam ?

**DeanoH** · 25th February 2010, 01:43 PM

Mate of mine came round the other night and asked me to scan some documents for him so he could e-mail them in regard to a car he had just sold on e-bay. No problem. All done and saved to his USB key for later attaching to e-mail.
My mate came around again last night for more of the same, apologised for the hassle, which it wasn't, and explained that the first payment was incorrect and that he'd paid the balance and needed the recipt copy to e-mail to PayPal to get refunded.
WTF said I, how much in all? $3000 said my mate but it's OK, it's all gauranteed by Pay Pal.
The story is this.
Car sold on e-bay, buyer is on research ship, needs car sent to Darwin, mate to pay upfront, ultimately all paid for by byer. Seller to send transport costs via Western Union to account in England, copy and send payment details to PayPal for refund.
At this stage alarm bells and red flashing lights are going off big time. Why doesn't buyer pay for transport with his own credit card ?, says me. Doesn't have one aboard and too hard when at sea, says mate. At this stage I've got sky rockets going off and nuclear explosions in the background.
I explain to my mate that this sounds like a scam to me. Mate says, never done this before thought it worked this way.
Someone please tell me I'm wrong and that I've got a nasty untrusting nature and that my mate hasn't just been been robbed. I would really like to be proven wrong here, but fear I won't be.

Deano

**MacMan** · 25th February 2010, 01:45 PM

Walks and quacks like a duck...

SCAM.

MarknDeb · 25th February 2010, 01:47 PM

As soon as Western Union is mentioned alarm bell would be ringing for me, even eBay advises aginst WU payments

**Psimpson7** · 25th February 2010, 01:48 PM

scam

**disco97** · 25th February 2010, 01:50 PM

1000% scam

**p38arover** · 25th February 2010, 01:50 PM

Your mate has been scammed.

Here's the text my sister got when trying to sell hers last week. A search on the net found more than one instance of the same story - almost word for word. When my sister asked me, I said it sounded like a scam. It was.

Was he offered more than he asked for?

Hi thanks for mailing back,i am an oceanographer, i am at sea right now,i am buying this for my son as a surprise gift and I am glad you accepted my offer.I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i don't have access to my bank account online(i don't have internet banking with it),but i have it attached to my paypal account, and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay,all i will need is your paypal email address to make the payments,and if you don't have a paypal account yet,its pretty easy to set one up at www.paypal.com.au,i will be expecting your email.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted.

Best Regards

**p38arover** · 25th February 2010, 01:52 PM

Here's another off the 'net:

Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buy the horse now for
birthday gift for brother in-law and i am at sea at the moment as i am
a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making
and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to
check this advert and send you an email regarding the horse. I really
want it to be a surprise for my brother in-law so i wont let him know
anything about the horse until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he
will be more than happy with the horse. I insisted on paypal because i
don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet
banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c
attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address
and the price so i can make the payments asap for the horse and pls if
you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to
Welcome - PayPal and get it set up, after you have set it up i will
only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so
as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and
pick it up after i have made the payments..

Google: oceanographer scam

**Lotz-A-Landies** · 25th February 2010, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by MarknDeb

As soon as Western Union is mentioned alarm bell would be ringing for me, even eBay advises aginst WU payments

Your mate should be reporting the event to the Police immediately

and contacting the transport company not to deliver the vehicle in Darwin or where ever, until everything is sorted and funds back in his bank.

Diana

**p38arover** · 25th February 2010, 02:03 PM

Has the car been shipped?

How do people fall for these things?

**Psimpson7** · 25th February 2010, 02:16 PM

The car wont be collected. The scam surely is that the payment for shipping is to the scammer. They dont care about the car/boat/goat you are selling.

The original paypal payment / cheque / bank draft will bounce. You are then out the cost of the shipping as the original fraudulent payment is taken back from your account.

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